Thursday 30 December 2010

Perfection is accepting your imperfection

Society craves perfection, the perfect hair, the perfect body, the perfect teeth, the perfect life of happiness.

By why the obsession?
Nobody and nothing is perfect, that is one thing we can be sure about!
So why attempt to 'cure' it? which effectively is what we are trying to do

Beauty products for the best skin, hair, teeth.
Creams and Spanks for the perfect figure.

Let's just face it, it only makes us feel more imperfect and inadequate and encourages bad body and self-image.

As previously discussed, 20 years of living in a city where image is seen as the all important, I have learned that the only way to be perfect is to accept our imperfections.

Imperfection is perfection

I am impatient, I worry about little things, I crave love and affection

but don't we all??

We don't need to reject or try to fix our 'faults', we need to love and appreciate them in ourselves and in those around us, as they are what makes us, US!

Hair dilemma

Emma is having a dilemma....

A hair dilemma!

So for the first time in possibly 2 and a half years, my hair is shoulder length, well touching my shoulders, and I cannot cope!

What does one do with such length of hair, it just sits there and stares at me and I lack any form of inspiration on the matter!

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP

YES YES

“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.”

- Audrey Hepburn

Wednesday 29 December 2010

The wonder of Gaga

Yes, I'm talking about the marvellous and wonderful Lady Gaga..
a fan, me? OF COURSE!

This year has definately been the year of Gaga, no matter who you are, whatever taste in music you have, you cannot have missed her presence or rather, her explosion into the fashion/music world.

Even if her music is not exactly to your taste, nobody can deny her absolute brillance.
She is controversial, she is a bit cookoo, but she has brought back true extravagance and personality to the music industry.

The 80s had Madonna, and now we have Lady Gaga, a true icon.

But WHY?
- she is herself and does not give two hoots about whether she is loved or hated for that.

This is exactly why she has such a huge following, especially from the gay community.
She is expressive of who she is and what she stands for, and for me, that is an Icon.
She is a person who can shine the torch for many people who are scared to be their true selves.

Perhaps, the infamous 'Meat Dress' didn't go down too well or please many vegetarians, but it certainly continued the Gaga spirit.

Clever or controversial, she definately knows how to shock the media and the general public.

I salute you Lady Gaga, long live your spirit, your controversy and your Iconic presence!

Tuesday 28 December 2010

We all love a good love story

I have a mutual Peruvian friend who Ive been speaking to lately, getting a locals guide and info for my trip :)...

Anyway, he was telling me about him and his girlfriend, and this is how i learnt about this beautiful little love story...


He is Peruvian and currently living in South America and She is Irish and has returned back to Ireland, but as if distance will put a stop in their romantic tracks, as theyre hoping to move to London where they can be together, even though it's going to be so tough for him to get a working permit......n'awwww!

Just LOVELY.

Big eyebrows and Fur coats

This would be the image of Liverpool city centre during my attempts at Christmas shopping last week.

Liverpool has previously been labelled a city with the best dressed women.
However, what I have found, after my 20 years of experience in the city, is that, YES, scousers do love fashion and love taking care of their appearance. But, unfortunately, this is always taken to the extreme.

Take any recent fashion 'trend' and there is no doubt, that it integrated and flew off the rails in Liverpool.

Back to the title of this blog ; Big eyebrows and fur coats...

Big eyebrows....
Gone are the days of the 'skinny/barely existent' eyebrows of the nineties and early naughties, because 2010 has been all about the shaped dark EYEBROWS.
Again, and unfortunately, this has been taken to the extremity in Liverpool.
The definition of an eyebrow, or rather its purpose, is to shape the face and enhance the beauty of the eye (ok this is beautician speak, as I know well that scientifically they catch 'dust' and protect the eyes)
I do admit, as a natural blonde sporting brunette locks, i need to use an eyebrow pencil as part of my makeup routine. But, at least my eyebrow pencil matches my skin tone and hair colour.
This is something that has not yet been mastered by a majority of scouse girls, particulary the bleach blondes....who seem to love the block black eyebrow look....eek!

And Fur.... always a controversial topic, but finding good/ very real looking faux fur is relatively easy nowadays, no need for the 'painted' look...
But PLEASE, if you are going to buy fur, be it real or faux..... at least buy one that looks NICE, not this commonly loved tatty/'needs a good brush through it' rank looking fur!


Fashion faux pas, they are inevitable, its all about fashion experimentation. But if you are just following a crowd fashion faux pas....shame on you!

Friday 24 December 2010

Christmas, always a time for reflection......this time, on the magic of Paris

It is no lie, it is no secret, that over the past 5 months I have found my home, my love in the magical city of Paris.
Call it cliché, or call it inevitable.

Instead of clogging my blog (which i have unfortunately neglected) of all my adventures, i would rather give a little overview of my time in Paris.

Paris has blessed me with friends who i have shared so many good times with.

Be it, sharing stories of creepy French guys, eating fondu accompanied with red wine in baby bottles, enjoying crepes and cocktails, discovering incredible restaurants with old ladies singing Edith Piaf and of course, discussing our new favorite sport "meccing" (Meccing : when one goes on dates/pulls or has any form of more-than-friendly intreaction with "Mecs" ("mec" being the french word for guys)

There is too many adventures and memories to mention, which I am most likely to reminise about in months to come, but for now, all I know is that my love affair with Paris has been the best I could have ever imagined and that our love will only grow stronger in the future.

The greatest and most important lesson that I have learnt is to make the most of whatever is thrown at you and take every opportunity you can to just live a little.
If you want something enough, you can do it. I wanted Paris and i got her and will never have any regrets!

To all those I have spent my last 5 months with,

Thank you for how special and amazing you have helped to make it

My love to you forever

Emma (now with a slice of Parisian)